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Prime Partners, Chartered Accountants
Careers at Prime Partners

Accounting and advisory careers in North Sydney and Orange.

We do our best work in the moments that matter to clients, and we hire people who feel the same. We are a chartered accounting firm across North Sydney and Orange, and this is what working here looks like before you apply.

Open roles

Current opportunities.

If one of these fits, we would like to hear from you. If none do, register your interest below and we will keep you in mind.

Business AdvisoryNorth SydneyFull time

Senior Accountant, Business Advisory (North Sydney)

A senior business services and tax role for a CA qualified accountant ready to lead client relationships and mentor a growing team across a varied portfolio of business owners.

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What you'll do

  • Lead business advisory and tax compliance engagements end to end
  • Advise owners on structuring, cash flow, and tax planning
  • Review work and mentor intermediate and graduate accountants
  • Work directly with partners on a portfolio of established clients

What you'll need

  • CA or CPA qualified, or close to completion
  • Strong experience in an Australian public practice or accounting firm
  • Confident with company, trust, and individual tax
  • A genuine interest in advisory, not just compliance
SMSF & Private AdvisoryNorth SydneyFull time

SMSF Accountant / Self-Managed Super Fund Specialist (North Sydney)

A focused self-managed superannuation fund role covering SMSF administration, compliance, and tax for a growing base of private clients, with room to deepen your specialism.

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What you'll do

  • Prepare SMSF financial statements, tax returns, and audit workpapers
  • Manage fund compliance against current superannuation rules
  • Support clients through contributions, pensions, and reporting
  • Work alongside advisers on strategy for private clients

What you'll need

  • Hands-on SMSF accounting experience in Australian practice
  • Familiarity with SMSF software such as BGL or Class
  • Sound knowledge of super and SMSF tax obligations
  • CA, CPA, or SMSF qualification an advantage
R&D Tax IncentiveNorth SydneyFull time

R&D Tax Consultant (North Sydney)

Prepare and manage R&D Tax Incentive claims end to end for a portfolio of innovative clients, reporting to our R&D Manager, with room to grow as the practice grows.

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What you'll do

  • Identify and assess eligible R&D activities against AusIndustry definitions
  • Prepare and lodge registrations, schedules and offset calculations
  • Write clear, defensible activity descriptions that stand up to review
  • Work with clients’ technical and finance teams, and liaise with the ATO

What you'll need

  • Qualifications in law, science, engineering, computer science or IT
  • Around two or more years with the Australian R&D Tax Incentive
  • Excellent technical writing and clear communication
  • A strong grounding in tax and accounting fundamentals
Business Services & AdvisoryGold CoastFull time

Experienced Business Services Accountant (Gold Coast)

Help establish our new Gold Coast office, owning client engagements from compliance through to advisory, with a clear path to senior and leadership work.

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What you'll do

  • Own business services and tax engagements from start to finish
  • Advise business owners on structuring, cash flow and tax planning
  • Build a growing Gold Coast client portfolio
  • Help establish the new office alongside the directors

What you'll need

  • CA or CPA qualified with Australian public practice experience
  • Strong across company, trust and individual tax
  • A genuine interest in advisory, not just compliance
  • The initiative to help grow a new office
OperationsGold CoastFull time

Office Manager (Gold Coast)

The organised, capable person who keeps our new Gold Coast office running, with the autonomy to shape how it works from day one.

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What you'll do

  • Run the day to day operations and be the welcoming first point of contact
  • Manage reception, appointments, correspondence and the local diary
  • Handle administration, document management and billing support
  • Coordinate with North Sydney on systems, HR and practice administration

What you'll need

  • Experience in office or practice management, ideally professional services
  • Exceptionally organised, calm and proactive
  • Warm, professional communication with clients
  • Comfortable helping stand up a brand new office
Business AdvisoryOrange NSWFull time

Intermediate Accountant, Business Services (Orange, NSW)

A business services and tax accountant role in our Orange office, ideal for someone building their career with CA study support, direct mentoring, and a clear path to senior work.

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What you'll do

  • Prepare financial statements and tax returns across entity types
  • Handle BAS, GST, and general compliance for a broad client base
  • Build direct client relationships in a regional practice
  • Grow your advisory skills with partner and senior support

What you'll need

  • Two or more years in an Australian accounting firm
  • Working towards your CA or CPA qualification
  • Solid grounding in tax and accounting fundamentals
  • Happy to be based in or relocating to Orange, NSW
Finance HubNorth SydneyFull time

Senior Accountant, Finance Hub (North Sydney)

A senior outsourced finance role in our Finance Hub, owning management reporting, cash flow, and the day to day finance function for a portfolio of growing businesses as their virtual finance team.

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What you'll do

  • Own monthly management reporting and board-ready financials for clients
  • Manage cash flow, budgeting, and forecasting for business owners
  • Oversee bookkeeping, payroll, and accounts processes end to end
  • Work closely with clients as a trusted outsourced finance lead

What you'll need

  • CA or CPA qualified with strong management accounting experience
  • Confident across Xero and cloud accounting platforms
  • Experience owning a client portfolio or finance function
  • A commercial, advisory mindset and clear communication

Do not see your role here? We are always interested in talented people. Register your interest and we will be in touch when something fits.

How hiring works

What to expect when you apply.

A straightforward process, with no surprises and no wasted time.

STEP 01

You apply

Send your details through the form, for a live role or a general expression of interest.

STEP 02

We talk

An initial conversation to understand what you are looking for and where you might fit.

STEP 03

You meet the team

A deeper conversation with the people you would work alongside, including an associate director.

STEP 04

We decide together

A clear offer, an honest picture of the role, and a proper start when you join.

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Life at Prime

Prime Partners exists for the moments that matter. The right decision, made at the right time, changes what becomes possible for a business, a family, a future.

Most of what an accountant does is steady and necessary, and we do it properly. But the work we care about most is being genuinely useful when the stakes are high and the decision is real. That's the standard everything else in here is built around, and it's why we exist.

Life comes first here, and it is a real commitment rather than a slogan. The shape of your life will change while you are here, and the business should move with that.

What we're building

The business growing companies choose when they want real advice from people who know them.

We want to be the business that growing companies across Australia choose when they want real advice from people who actually know them. A business with the depth and capability of the big end of town, and the relationships that the big end of town stopped being able to offer.

That means a national presence, offices across the country, and a reputation that reaches well beyond North Sydney. We're building toward that deliberately, and we're not in a hurry to cut corners to get there. The growth we're pursuing has to be the right kind, with the right people, serving clients the way we believe they should be served.

You're part of that. Every client relationship handled well, every piece of advice that lands at the right moment, every colleague who develops and stays, that's how we get there. The goal is ambitious and it's meant to be, because the version of this business we're building is worth building.

What we believe

The things we kept coming back to.

These are not values we arrived at in a workshop. They are the things that revealed what actually mattered to us, in client conversations and in the hard moments.

The right decision at the right time

The right decision, made at the right time, changes everything. We stay close to the detail and think about what the advice actually unlocks, not just whether it is technically correct.

The relationship is the work

We carry each other's context, cover for each other properly, and treat the team around us with the same care we would want shown to our clients. Presence matters in every direction.

Honest advice is a form of care

The slightly uncomfortable conversation is usually the one that matters most. We would rather have it early, when there is still room to act, than avoid it until the options have narrowed.

We do what we say we'll do

Deadlines, commitments, follow-ups, these things matter here. If something changes, we say so before it becomes someone else's problem. Reliability is noticed in both directions.

Common questions

What people ask about Prime Partners.

Working at Prime

Prime Partners is a chartered accounting and advisory firm with offices in North Sydney and Orange, New South Wales. We are growing toward a national presence, with more locations to come.

We hire across business advisory, private client and SMSF advisory, and our Finance Hub, from intermediate and graduate accountants through to senior advisory roles in North Sydney and Orange. We also welcome general expressions of interest when no current role fits.

Life comes first here, and that is a real commitment. We offer hybrid working and arrangements built around how good work actually gets done, with trust as the starting point.

We pair the depth and capability of a larger firm with genuine, lasting client relationships. You work close to the clients you advise, you are backed early, and the path to more responsibility is set out clearly rather than left to guesswork.

About Prime Partners

Prime Partners is a chartered accounting and advisory firm in North Sydney and Orange. We provide business advisory, tax and compliance, self-managed super fund (SMSF) services, and an outsourced Finance Hub for business owners and private clients across Australia.

We work with business owners and growing companies, family groups, and private clients, including those running self-managed super funds. Our clients want real advice from people who actually know them, with the depth of a larger firm and a genuine relationship behind it.

Yes. We have a dedicated SMSF and private advisory team handling self-managed super fund administration, compliance, financial statements, and tax, alongside broader private wealth and structuring advice.

Yes. Prime Partners is a chartered accounting and advisory firm and registered tax agent, based in North Sydney with a second office in Orange, New South Wales.

Prime Insights

Clear thinking on the decisions that matter.

Once a month we send our latest thinking on tax, business, and the moments that shape a year. Practical, considered, and written for people who would rather understand the why than chase the headline.

Stay in the loop

Some of the biggest calls in a business and a life land between the appointments and the deadlines. Following along keeps you close to how we think, so when one of those moments turns up, you already know where to find us.

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